彈冠

Chinese

		bullet; shot; ball bullet; shot; ball; to play (a stringed instrument); to pluck a string; impeach	to head; hat; crown to head; hat; crown; crest; cap
trad. (彈冠)		彈	冠
simp. (弹冠)		弹	冠
Literally: “to flick dirt from hat of a bureaucrat (before one wears it)”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tánguān

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taan⁴ gun¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tánguān
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tánguan
  - Wade–Giles: tʻan²-kuan¹
  - Yale: tán-gwān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarnguan
  - Palladius: таньгуань (tanʹguanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän³⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: taan⁴ gun¹
  - Yale: tàahn gūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taan⁴ gun¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tan⁴ gun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːn²¹ kuːn⁵⁵/

Verb

彈⫽冠 (verb-object)

(literary, of an official) to start one's career

Antonyms

掛冠／挂冠 (guàguān)

Derived terms

彈冠相慶／弹冠相庆 (tánguānxiāngqìng)

See also

烏紗帽／乌纱帽 (wūshāmào)

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